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- Hexen: Beyond Heretic DEMO
- Released October 2nd, 1995
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- Created by Raven Software (C) 1995
- Published by id Software
- Distributed by GT Interactive Software
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- Worldwide retail release date: Oct 30th
- Hexen is NOT a shareware product.
-
- This is a 4-level demo of the new action-adventure Hexen: Beyond Heretic,
- the sequel to the original Heretic first-person action-adventure. Besides
- the storyline, the major differences between Heretic and Hexen are numerous.
-
- * Three character classes: Fighter, Cleric and Mage. At the start of
- your adventure, you choose which class you want to play through the
- entire game of Hexen. In multiplayer mode, you can choose which
- character you want to use to either inflict punishment (Deathmatch)
- or to help your comrades through the adventure (Cooperative).
-
- The Fighter's weapons are mostly close-combat weapons, but he does
- the most damage with his attacks.
-
- The Cleric has two close-combat weapons and two long-range weapons
- since he is a hybrid of the Fighter and Mage classes.
-
- The Mage has four long-range magical attacks. This is the best
- character for you if you are better at attacking from a distance.
-
- * No sequential level-to-level game progression. For instance, the
- second level (Seven Portals) contain the gateways to the other three
- levels in the first "hub" of the game. You will revisit Seven Portals
- many times before you complete Hexen's first hub area. When you are
- on one level, you can pull a switch and open doors or raise stairs
- on a different level to unlock the continuation of your quest.
-
- * Rich audio environment. Hexen has a dark, brooding background
- soundtrack to create a subtly disquieting mood while you listen to
- animals scrabbling around on rocks, birds screeching or the ambient
- soundscape of a swamp. All this combined with the enemy's audio
- cues create a rich aural experience while you journey through the
- dark, dangerous world of Hexen.
-
- * Large range of artifacts. Many of Heretic's artifacts are here along
- with many new ones that prove to be quite interesting in a Deathmatch
- situation! Sure, Heretic was great fun with the Morph Ovum, but have
- you ever seen a flying pig? You Will. And we will be the ones to
- bring it to you with the Porkelator!
-
- * Awesome visual effects. Slog your way through a real swamp, complete
- with a haze of white fog and swamp gas clouds cruising over the ooze.
- Twin parallaxing cloud sky backdrops. A crowd of bats blasting into
- your face as you prepare to descend into a network of caves. These
- and many other effects will surprise and awe you with their brilliance.
-
- This demo is multiplayer capable. Use the DM program to initiate a
- multiplayer game. Please read DM.DOC for details.
-
- Enjoy the demo. Then rush out and get the game when it hits the stores!
- You won't be sorry. But your friends will be when they think they can take
- you on in a Deathmatch and they find a Maulotaur you just summoned bashing
- their brains into the dirt with you laughing at them behind its back.
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- John Romero
- id Software, inc.
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